# 驚

| 驚 | U+9A5A, &#39514; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A5A |
| ← 驙 [U+9A59] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 驛 → [U+9A5B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

驚 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+12, 22 strokes, cangjie input 廿大尸手火 (TKSQF), four-corner 4832$_7$, composition ⿱敬馬)

#### Descendants

* 惊 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1446, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45013
* Dae Jaweon: page 1970, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4576, character 6
* Unihan data for U+9A5A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 驚 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 蟼 | *kraː, *kreŋ, *kreŋʔ |
| 憼 | *kaŋʔ, *kreŋʔ |
| 驚 | *kreŋ |
| 警 | *kreŋʔ |
| 儆 | *kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋs |
| 璥 | *keŋʔ |
| 檠 | *kreŋʔ, *ɡreŋ, *ɡreŋs |
| 敬 | *kreŋs |
| 擎 | *ɡreŋ |
| 曔 | *ɡreŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreŋ) : phonetic 敬 (OC *kreŋs) + semantic 馬, as horses are skittish (easily startled and frightened). However, the phonetic component depicts either a dog sitting or a man kneeling and a hand holding a stick to express authority, hence it adds part of the meaning.

### Etymology 1

Compare Old Khmer kreṅa (“to fear”), whence Khmer ក្រែង (kraeng, “to fear”), Thai เกรง (greeng, “to fear; to worry”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Within Chinese, cognate with 敬 (OC *kreŋs, “to be respectful; to warn”), 警 (OC *kreŋʔ, “to warn; to be on one's guard”) (Schuessler, 2007). A possible vocalic variant is 兢 (jīng, “to be cautious”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jīng (jing$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): geng$^1$ / ging$^1$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): geang$^1$ / goeng$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): giang$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kiâng
    (Hailu, HRS): giang$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): giang$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jing$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): giăng / gĭng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gia$^1$ / giaⁿ$^1$ / ging$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kiaⁿ / keⁿ / kiⁿ / keng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gian$^1$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): gia$^1$ / ging$^1$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): gang$^1$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$cin
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jin$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jīng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jing
*** Wade–Giles: ching$^1$
*** Yale: jīng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jing
*** Palladius: цзин (czin)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: geng$^1$ / ging$^1$
*** Yale: gēng / gīng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: geng$^1$ / ging$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géng$^1$ / ging$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɛːŋ⁵⁵/, /kɪŋ⁵⁵/
* geng1 - vernacular;
* ging1 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: kjaeng
Rime :
| Character | 驚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 庚 (111) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 舉卿切 |
| Baxter | kjaeng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠiæŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚiaŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kiaŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kiajŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /kiɐŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /kĭɐŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ki̯ɐŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jīng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ging$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*kreŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 驚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jīng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kjæng › |
| Old Chinese | /*kreŋ/ |
| English | be afraid |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 驚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6877 |
| Phonetic component | 敬 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 驚 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreŋ/ |

#### Definitions

驚
* to fear; to be afraid
    驚咩啫？／惊咩啫？ [Cantonese] ― geng$^1$ me$^1$ ze$^1$? [Jyutping] ― What are you afraid of? What is there to be afraid of?
* (of a horse etc.) to be startled; to be shy
* to frighten; to scare
* scary; frightening
* fearfully; I'm afraid that ...

#### Synonyms

* (to fear):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 懼, 畏, 恐, 怯, 驚, 惶, 悚, 懾, 恇 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 害怕, 懼怕, 畏懼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 害怕, 怕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 害怕, 怕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 害怕, 發毛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 怕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 怕, 害怕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 害怕, 怕, 打怵 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 害怕, 怵 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 害怕, 怕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 驚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 害怕, 怕, 怯火 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 嫌怕, 打怵 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 害怕, 嚇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 害怕, 怯, 怯乎, 怯豁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 害怕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 害怕, 怕, 虛火, 虛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 嚇不過, 怕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 害怕, 怕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 害怕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 怕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 慌 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 嚇怕, 怕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 害怕, 怕, 怕懼, 懼乎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 怕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 驚, 怕, 慌, 窒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 驚, 怕, 慌 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 狂 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 好怕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 驚, 窒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 慌, 怕 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 慌, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 狂, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 慌, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 慌, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 𢗉 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 慌, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 慌, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 𢗉 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 𢗉 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 𢗉 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 慌 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 狂 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 驚, 窒 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 怕, 驚 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 𢗉 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 狂 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 驚 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 驚, 怕 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 驚, 怕 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 怕 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 怕 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 驚, 怕畏, 畏, 怕 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 狂 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 狂 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 好狂 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 怕, 驚, 畏 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 驚 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 驚 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 狂 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 驚 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Changting | 怕 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 怕 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 怕 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 嚇 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 怕 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 怕 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 怕 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 怕 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 怕 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 驚 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 狂, 驚 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 怕 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 狂 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 狂 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 狂 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 驚 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 怕, 嚇 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 害怕, 怕 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 著怕, 怕 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 驚, 怕, 怯, 畏 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 驚 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 驚 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 驚 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 驚 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 驚 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang (Huangkeng) | 畏 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 嚇 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 嚇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 驚 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 驚, 著驚, 驚惶, 懾, 懾屎, 會攝, 掣 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 驚, 著驚, 懾, 懾屎, 會攝, 掣 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 驚, 著驚, 驚惶, 懾, 會攝, 掣 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 驚惶 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 嚇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 驚, 畏 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 驚, 畏 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 驚 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 驚 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 驚 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 驚 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 驚 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 驚 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 驚 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 狂, 怕 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 怕, 嚇 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 嚇 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 怕, 嚇 |
| Wu | Danyang | 怕 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 怕, 嚇, 慌, 怕慌, 發毛 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 怕, 嚇 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 怕, 嚇 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 光 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 怕, 畏怯 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 怕 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 怕 |
* (to frighten):
* 告擾 / 告扰 (gàorǎo) (formal, humble, polite)
* 吵擾 / 吵扰 (chǎorǎo)
* 困擾 / 困扰 (kùnrǎo)
* 干擾 (gānrǎo)
* 打亂 / 打乱 (dǎluàn)
* 打擾 / 打扰 (dǎrǎo)
* 打攪 / 打搅 (dǎjiǎo)
* 搗 / 捣 (dǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 擾亂 / 扰乱 (rǎoluàn)
* 攪 / 搅 (jiǎo)
* 攪亂 / 搅乱 (jiǎoluàn)
* 攪動 / 搅动 (jiǎodòng)
* 攪吵 / 搅吵 (Hokkien)
* 攪擾 / 搅扰 (jiǎorǎo)
* 梟亂 / 枭乱 (xiāoluàn) (literary)
* 殽亂 / 淆乱 (xiáoluàn) (literary)
* 煩 / 烦 (fán)
* 煩擾 / 烦扰 (fánrǎo)
* 糾紛 / 纠纷 (jiūfēn) (literary)
* 糾纏 / 纠缠 (jiūchán)
* 纏 / 缠 (chán)
* 纏擾 / 缠扰 (chánrǎo)
* 纏磨 / 缠磨 (chánmo) (colloquial)
* 纏繞 / 缠绕 (chánrào)
* 驚動 / 惊动 (jīngdòng)

#### Compounds

* 一座皆驚 / 一座皆惊
* 一鳴驚人 / 一鸣惊人 (yīmíngjīngrén)
* 動地驚天 / 动地惊天
* 動魄驚心 / 动魄惊心
* 匕鬯不驚 / 匕鬯不惊 (bǐchàngbùjīng)
* 又驚又喜 / 又惊又喜 (yòujīngyòuxǐ)
* 受寵若驚 / 受宠若惊 (shòuchǒngruòjīng)
* 受驚 / 受惊 (shòujīng)
* 吃驚 / 吃惊 (chījīng)
* 壓驚 / 压惊 (yājīng)
* 夜驚症 / 夜惊症
* 大吃一驚 / 大吃一惊 (dàchīyījīng)
* 大喫一驚 / 大吃一惊 (dàchīyījīng)
* 大驚 / 大惊 (dàjīng)
* 大驚大險 / 大惊大险
* 大驚失色 / 大惊失色 (dàjīngshīsè)
* 大驚小怪 / 大惊小怪 (dàjīngxiǎoguài)
* 天驚石破 / 天惊石破
* 失驚 / 失惊 (shījīng)
* 失驚打怪 / 失惊打怪
* 寵辱不驚 / 宠辱不惊
* 寵辱無驚 / 宠辱无惊
* 寵辱若驚 / 宠辱若惊
* 心驚肉戰 / 心惊肉战
* 心驚肉跳 / 心惊肉跳 (xīnjīngròutiào)
* 心驚肉顫 / 心惊肉颤
* 心驚膽喪 / 心惊胆丧
* 心驚膽寒 / 心惊胆寒
* 心驚膽怕 / 心惊胆怕
* 心驚膽懾 / 心惊胆慑
* 心驚膽戰 / 心惊胆战 (xīnjīngdǎnzhàn)
* 心驚膽落 / 心惊胆落
* 心驚膽跳 / 心惊胆跳 (xīnjīngdǎntiào)
* 心驚膽顫 / 心惊胆颤
* 怵目驚心 / 怵目惊心
* 急驚風 / 急惊风
* 悚然心驚 / 悚然心惊
* 慢驚風 / 慢惊风
* 打失驚 / 打失惊
* 打張驚兒 / 打张惊儿
* 打草驚蛇 / 打草惊蛇 (dǎcǎojīngshé)
* 拍桌驚嘆 / 拍桌惊叹
* 拍案驚奇 / 拍案惊奇 (pāi'ànjīngqí)
* 擔驚 / 担惊
* 擔驚受怕 / 担惊受怕 (dānjīngshòupà)
* 擔驚受恐 / 担惊受恐 (dānjīngshòukǒng)
* 收驚 / 收惊
* 暗吃一驚 / 暗吃一惊
* 有驚無險 / 有惊无险 (yǒujīngwúxiǎn)
* 望洋驚嘆 / 望洋惊叹
* 柳柳驚 / 柳柳惊
* 步步驚魂 / 步步惊魂
* 海波不驚 / 海波不惊
* 浮雲驚龍 / 浮云惊龙
* 游園驚夢 / 游园惊梦
* 狗吠之驚 / 狗吠之惊
* 相驚伯有 / 相惊伯有
* 矯若驚龍 / 矫若惊龙
* 石破天驚 / 石破天惊 (shípòtiānjīng)
* 翩若驚鴻 / 翩若惊鸿
* 老大吃驚 / 老大吃惊 (lǎodà chījīng)
* 耽驚動氣 / 耽惊动气
* 耽驚受怕 / 耽惊受怕
* 肉跳心驚 / 肉跳心惊
* 肉顫心驚 / 肉颤心惊 (ròu chàn xīn jīng)
* 膽喪心驚 / 胆丧心惊
* 膽戰心驚 / 胆战心惊 (dǎnzhànxīnjīng)
* 膽顫心驚 / 胆颤心惊
* 膽驚心顫 / 胆惊心颤
* 自相驚擾 / 自相惊扰
* 草木驚心 / 草木惊心
* 著驚 / 著惊 (tio̍h-kiaⁿ) (Min Nan)
* 處變不驚 / 处变不惊 (chǔbiànbùjīng)
* 虛驚 / 虚惊 (xūjīng)
* 虛驚一場 / 虚惊一场 (xūjīngyīchǎng)
* 被寵若驚 / 被宠若惊
* 見慣不驚 / 见惯不惊
* 觸目驚心 / 触目惊心 (chùmùjīngxīn)
* 語不驚人 / 语不惊人
* 貌不驚人 / 貌不惊人
* 雞犬不驚 / 鸡犬不惊 (jīquǎnbùjīng)
* 震驚 / 震惊 (zhènjīng)
* 風鶴魂驚 / 风鹤魂惊
* 駭浪驚濤 / 骇浪惊涛
* 驚世駭俗 / 惊世骇俗 (jīngshìhàisú)
* 驚乍 / 惊乍
* 驚人 / 惊人 (jīngrén)
* 驚倒 / 惊倒
* 驚動 / 惊动 (jīngdòng)
* 驚厥 / 惊厥 (jīngjué)
* 驚呼 / 惊呼 (jīnghū)
* 驚喜 / 惊喜 (jīngxǐ)
* 驚喜交加 / 惊喜交加
* 驚嘆 / 惊叹 (jīngtàn)
* 驚嘆號 / 惊叹号 (jīngtànhào)
* 驚嚇 / 惊吓 (jīngxià)
* 驚坐 / 惊坐
* 驚堂 / 惊堂
* 驚堂木 / 惊堂木 (jīngtángmù)
* 驚塵 / 惊尘
* 驚天動地 / 惊天动地 (jīngtiāndòngdì)
* 驚奇 / 惊奇 (jīngqí)
* 驚奇駭異 / 惊奇骇异
* 驚弓之鳥 / 惊弓之鸟 (jīnggōngzhīniǎo)
* 驚張 / 惊张
* 驚心 / 惊心 (jīngxīn)
* 驚心動魄 / 惊心动魄 (jīngxīndòngpò)
* 驚怪 / 惊怪 (jīngguài)
* 驚怕 / 惊怕
* 驚怖 / 惊怖 (jīngbù)
* 驚恐 / 惊恐 (jīngkǒng)
* 驚恐萬分 / 惊恐万分
* 驚惋 / 惊惋
* 驚悸 / 惊悸 (jīngjì)
* 驚愕 / 惊愕 (jīng'è)
* 驚惶 / 惊惶 (jīnghuáng)
* 驚惶失措 / 惊惶失措 (jīnghuáng shīcuò)
* 驚慌 / 惊慌 (jīnghuāng)
* 驚慌失措 / 惊慌失措 (jīnghuāngshīcuò)
* 驚慌失色 / 惊慌失色
* 驚懼 / 惊惧 (jīngjù)
* 驚才絕豔 / 惊才绝艳
* 驚擾 / 惊扰 (jīngrǎo)
* 驚服 / 惊服
* 驚歎 / 惊叹 (jīngtàn)
* 驚死 / 惊死 (kiaⁿ-sí) (Hokkien)
* 驚汗 / 惊汗
* 驚湍 / 惊湍
* 驚濤拍岸 / 惊涛拍岸
* 驚濤駭浪 / 惊涛骇浪 (jīngtāohàilàng)
* 驚為天人 / 惊为天人 (jīngwéitiānrén)
* 驚異 / 惊异 (jīngyì)
* 驚疑 / 惊疑 (jīngyí)
* 驚疑不定 / 惊疑不定
* 驚癇 / 惊痫
* 驚神未定 / 惊神未定
* 驚羨 / 惊羡
* 驚耳 / 惊耳 (jīng'ěr)
* 驚蛇入草 / 惊蛇入草
* 驚蟄 / 惊蛰 (Jīngzhé)
* 驚覺 / 惊觉 (jīngjué)
* 驚訝 / 惊讶 (jīngyà)
* 驚詫 / 惊诧 (jīngchà)
* 驚誑 / 惊诳
* 驚諕 / 惊𬤀
* 驚豔 / 惊艳 (jīngyàn)
* 驚走 / 惊走
* 驚輸 / 惊输 (kiaⁿ-su) (Hokkien)
* 驚遽 / 惊遽
* 驚醒 / 惊醒
* 驚閨 / 惊闺
* 驚閨葉 / 惊闺叶
* 驚險 / 惊险 (jīngxiǎn)
* 驚險百出 / 惊险百出
* 驚青 / 惊青
* 驚顧不遑 / 惊顾不遑
* 驚風 / 惊风 (jīngfēng)
* 驚風駭浪 / 惊风骇浪
* 驚駕 / 惊驾
* 驚駭 / 惊骇 (jīnghài)
* 驚魂 / 惊魂 (jīnghún)
* 驚鴻 / 惊鸿 (jīnghóng)
* 驚鴻一瞥 / 惊鸿一瞥
* 骨顫肉驚 / 骨颤肉惊
* 魚驚鳥散 / 鱼惊鸟散
* 鳥驚魚潰 / 鸟惊鱼溃

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 驚(きょう) (kyō)
* → Korean: 경(驚) (gyeong)
* → Vietnamese: kinh (驚)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English game.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): gem$^1$ / geng$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gem$^1$ / geng$^1$
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gem$^1$ / geng$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gém$^1$ / géng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɛːm⁵⁵/, /kɛːŋ⁵⁵/

#### Noun

驚
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) Alternative form of game. (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* wonder
* be surprised
* frightened
* amazed

#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: けい (kei)
* Kun: おどろく (odoroku, 驚く, Jōyō)、おどろかす (odorokasu, 驚かす, Jōyō)
* Nanori: みはる (miharu)

#### Derived terms

* 驚(おどろ)き (odoroki)
* 驚喜(きょうき) (kyōki)
* 吃驚(びっくり) (bikkuri)
* 吃驚(びっくり)マーク (bikkurimāku)

## Korean
### Hanja

驚 (eumhun 놀랄 경 (nollal gyeong))
* hanja form of 경 (“surprised, startled”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

驚: Hán Nôm readings: kinh
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.